Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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AQ~EOUS SOL~TIONS AND DISPERSIONS OF POLYISOCYANATE
POLYADDITION PRODUCTS, A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
THE AOUEOUS SOLUTIONS AND DISPERSIONS AND THEIR USE AS
ADHESIVES
.
This ;nvention relates to aqueous solutions and
dispersions of special polyisocyanate polyaddition pro-
~ ducts which are eminently suitable for use as adhesives,
-` to a process for their production and to their use a~
adhesives,
Aqueous solutions and dispersions of polyisocyanate
polyaddition products, i.e. aqueous solutions and aque-
ous dispersions of polyurethanes and of polyurethane
polyureas, are known. Their production is described, for
20 example, in DE-PS 880 485, DE-AS 1 044 404, US-PS
3,036,998, DE-PS 1 178 586, DE-PS 1 134 946, DE-AS
1 237 306, DE-OS 1 595 602, US-PS 3,756,992, DE-OS
2 019 324, DE-OS 2 035 732, DE-OS 2 446 440, ~S-PS
3,479,310 and Angewandte Chemie 82, 35 (1970),
Where dispersions of the tpe in question are used
for bonding non-absorbent materials, such as for example
rubber, metal, flexible PVC, the heat activation procëss
:; i8 adopted in order to avoid any inclusion of water. In
this process, the dispersion is applied to the substrate
and, after complete evaporation of the water, the layer
of adhesive is converted into a tacky state.
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A major disadvantage of the dispersions known from
the prior art cited above is that the temperature re-
quired to activate the adhesive layer is so high that
the substrate is often damaged. For example, molded
soles of thermoplastic rubber cannot be satisfactorily
bonded with polyurethane dispersions of the type avail-
-~ 10 able at the present ~ime because the sole material
undergoes deformation at the high temperatures required
to activate the adhesive layer.
Efforts to lower the activation temperature by
addition of solvents, plasticizers or resins have re-
sulted in an undesirable reduction in the heat resis-
tance of the bonds.
Although the use of polyurethane dispersions, which
have been prepared using aliphatic diisocyanate~ in the
production of the polyurethanes, as adhesives as des-
cribed in DE-OS 28 04 609 leads to readily activatable
adhesive layers, these dispersions dry in flaky form,
i.e. non-coherently, rather than homogeneously at room
temperature, This results in a considerable reduction
in bond strength, particularly in the event of prolonged
exposure to moisture.
DE-OS 3 630 045 describes an adhesive based on 8
polyurethana dispersionJ the polyurethane having been
produced using a mixture of at least two aliphatic
andlor cycloaliphatic diisocyanates,
Adhesive films freshly prepared from this dis-
persion are readily acti~atable. However, when com-
ponents laminated with this adhesive are kept in
storage, as is standard practice in industrial manu-
~l facturing processes, these films lose their ready acti-
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Accordingly, there is a need for new solutions and
dispersions of polyisocyanate polyaddition products
: which are more suitable as adhesives than the prior-art
~ solutions or dispersions.
-; The present invention relates to aqueous solutions
and aqueous dispersions of polyisocyanate polyaddition
products contsining 2 to 200 milliequivalents of chemi-
;. cally incorporated carboxylate and/or sulfonate group~
: per 100 g ~olids and 0 to 25% by weight, based on
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: ciolids, of ethylene ox;de units incorporated within
terminal and/or lateral polyether chain~, in the pro-
duction of which primary and/or secondary monoamino com-
pounds are used, In particular, NC0 prepolymers may be
reacted with a mixture of diamino and monoamino com-
pounds.
- The present invention also relates to a process for the production of aqueous solutions and aqueous disper-
sions of polyisocyanate polyaddition products by re-
-- action of
., a) organic polyisocyanates, optionally together with
-` small quantities of organic monoisocyanates,
with
a b) organic polyhydroxyl compounds having a molecular
: weight in the range from 500 to 6000,
c) optionally polyhydric alcohols and/or aminoalcohols
. having a molecular weight in the range from 61 to
499 in a quantity of 0 to 75 hydroxyl/amine equi-
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- b) and c) and
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d) optio~ally monohydric alcohols comprising ethylene
S oxide units incorporated within polyether chains,
maintaining an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 1.2:1 to
2,5:1, and subsequent reaction of the resulting pre-
polymers containing isocyanate groups with
e) aminic compounds,
i) components b), c) and/or e) at least partly
containing incorporated sulfonate andlor
carboxylate groups or acid groups convertible
into sulfonate and/or carboxylate groups by
neutralization so that the polyisocyanat2
:~ 15 polyaddition products, optionally after op-
~ionally at least partial neutralization of
the poten~ial ionic groups mentioned, contain
.~i 2 to 200 milliequivalents chemically incorpo-
:~ rated carboxylate and/or sulfonate groups per
100 9 solids,
ii) organic dihydroxy compounds containing lateral
;: ethylene oxide units present within polyether
chains as components b) and/or c) and/or com-
ponent b) optionally being used in such quan-
tities that the polyisocyanate polyaddition
products contain from 0 to 25% by weight,
based on solids, of ethylene oxide units pre-
sent within terminal and/or lateral polyether
chains and
iii) the polyisocyanate polyaddition products being
prepared by reaction of the isocyanate pre-
polymerQ with component e) in aqueous and/or
; organic medium,
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characterized in that primary andlor secondary monoamino
compounds, optionally in admixture with primary or ~e-
condary diamino compounds, are used as component e). A
- mixture of di- and monoamino compound is preferably
used,
In the content of the invention, the expression
"polyurethane" also encompasses polyurethane polyureas,
i.e. high molecular weight compounds which, in addition
to urethane groups, also contain urea groups.
Organic polyisocyanates suitable as starting ma-
terials a) for the process according to the in~ention
are any or~anic compounds which contain at least two
` free isocyanate groups. Preferred organic polyi~o-
cyanates are diisocyanates X (NCO)2, where X is an ali-
phatic C4-C12 hydrocarbon radical, a cycloaliphatic C6-
C15 hydrocarbon radical, an aromatic C6-C15 hydrocarbon
~; 20 radical or an araliphatic C7-C15 hydrocarbon radical.
Examples of preferred diisocyanates such a~ th~e are
tetramethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate,
dodecamethylene diisocyanate, 1,4-diisocyanatocyclo-
hexane, 1-isocyanato-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-i~ocyanato-
;' 25 methylenecyclohexane (isophorondiamine), 4,4'-
;;i diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, 4,4'-diisocyanto-
dicyclohexyl-2,2-propane, 1,4-diisocyanatobenzene, 2,4-
diisocyantotoluene, 2,4-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane,
2,6-diisocysnatotoluene, 4,4'-diisocyanatodiphenyl-
- 30 methane, p-xylylene diisocyanate and mixtures of these
` compounds.
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It is of course also possible partly to (co)-use
the higher poly;socyanateR known per se in polyurethane
chemistry or even mod;fied polyisocyanates known per se,
for example polyisocyanates containing carbodiimide
groups, allophanate groups, isocyanurate groups, ure-
- thane groups andlor biuret groups,
Reactants for the polyisocyanates a) are
b) organic polyhydroxyl compound~ having a molecular
weight in the range from 500 to 6,000, preferably
polyester polyols, optionally
; c) polyhydric alcohols, polyhydro- and/or aminoalco-
hols having 8 molecular weight in the range from
61 to 499, optionally
d) monohydric alcohols containing ethylene ox;de units
; incorporated within polyether cha;ns and having a
molecular weight in the range from 800 to 10,000
and
e) aminic chain-extending agents.
Component b) may preferably contain polyester poly-
ols having a molscular wsight in the range from 500 to
~-6000 of the type known from polyurethane chemistry, for
example reaction products of polyhydric, preferably di-
hydric and, optionally, even trihydric alcohols with
polybasic, preferably dibasic carboxylic acids. Instead
of the polycarboxylic acids, it i9 also po~sible to use
the corresponding polycarboxylic anhydrides or corres-
;30 ponding polycarboxylic acid esters of lower alcohols or
mixtures thereof for the preparation of the polyesters.
;The polycarboxylic acids may be aliphatic, cycloali-
phatic, aromatic andlor heterocyclic and may optionally
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be substituted, for example by halogen atoms, and~or
unsaturated. Examples of such polycarboxylic acids are
succinic acid, ad;pic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid,
sebacic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, tri-
~ellitic acid, phthalic anhydride, ~etrahydrophthalic
anhydrid~, hexahydrophthalic anhydride~ tetrachloro-
10 phthalic anhydride, endomethylenetetrahydrophthalic an-
hydride, glutaric anhydride, maleic acid, maleic an-
: hydride, fumaric acid, dimeric and trimeric fatty acids,
; such as oleic acid~, optionally in admixture with mono-
meric fatty acids, terephthalic acid dimethyl ester~
terephthalic acid-bis-glycol ester.
Suitable polyhydric alcohols are, for example,
ethylene glycol, propylene-1,2- and -1,3-glycol,
butylene-1,4-, -1,3- and -2,3-glycol, hexane-1,6-diol,
octane-1,8-diol, neopentyl glycol, cyclohexanedimethanol
20 (1,4-bis-hydroxymethylcyclohexane), 2-methylpropane-1,3-
diol, glycerol, trimethylolpropane, hexane-1,2,6-triol,
butane-1,2,4-tr;ol, also diethylene glycol, tr;ethylene
glycol, tetraethylene glycol, polyethylene glycDl, di-
propylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, d;butylene
glycol and polybutylene glycol. The polyesters may also
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. contain term;nal carboxyl groups. Polyesters of lactones
: may also be used,
The particulàrly preferred polyester polyols,
particularly polyester d;ols, are dicarboxylic acid
.` 30 polyester polyols, in which at least 50 carboxyl equi-
i valent-% of the dicarboxylic acid component and pre-
ferably the entire dicarboxylic acid component consists
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of adipic acid and in which preferably at least 50
hydroxyl equivalent-% of the polyol component and more
preferably the entire polyol component consists of 1,4-
dihydroxybutane and 1,6-dihydroxyhexane.
Polycarbonates containing hydroxyl groups are also
suitable as component b) or as a conRtituent of compo-
~:~ 10 nent b), for example hydroxyl polycarbonates of the type
obtainable by reaction of diols, such as propane-1,3-
diol, butane-1,4-diol and/or hexane-1,6-diol, diethylene
glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, with
dicarbonates, for example diphenyl carbonate, or phos-
: 15 gene. Mixtures of the polyhydroxyl compounds mentioned
by way of example above msy also be used as component
b).
The components c) optionally used in the process
according to the invention are organic polyhydroxyl com-
poundQ (preferably containing 2 to 3 hydroxyl groups)
and aminoalcohol~ having a molecular weight in the range
~-~ from 61 to 49 and preferably in the range from 61 to
250, These compounds are generally used in a quantity
of 0 to 75 hydroxyl or amine equivalent-X, based on the
total quantity of components b) and c). These componentQ
c) are nitrogen-free polyols optionally containing
ether or ester groups and aminoalcohols.
The components c) mentioned first include, for
example, simple polyhydric alcohols, such as ethylene
. 30 glycol, propylene glycol, propane-1,3-diol, butane-1,4-
diol, hexane-1,6-diol, trimethylol propane and glyce-
rol.
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Low molecular weight polyester diols, such as
adipic acid-bis-(hydroxye~hyl)-ester, and low molecular
weight diols containing ether groups, such as diethylene
glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, pro-
.~ poxylated 4,4 -(bishydroxyphenyl)-2,2-propane, di-
propylene glycol, tripropylene glycol or tetrapropylene
; 10 glycol, may also be co-used as component c).
Suitable aminoalcohols are, for example, ethanol-
amine, propanolamine, N-me~hyldiethanolamine, N-methyl-
diisopropanolamine, N-ethyldiethyleneamine, N-dethyl-
dii~opropanolamine and N,N'-bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-per-
;~ 15 hydropyraz;ne.
Mixtures of ~he compounds mentioned here by way ofexample may also be used as componen~ c).
3iols comprising natural polyether chains, of which
at least 40 mol-% and preferably at least 65 mol-% con-
sists of ethylene oxide units and the remainder of
propylene oxide unitsJ may also be used 85 part of com-
ponents b) and/or c) (depending on the molecular
weight). Nonionic, hydrophilic synthesis component Q such
as thece are described, for`~example, in US-PS 3,905,929
~; 25 and in US-PS 4,190,566.
Suitable components d) which may optionally be u~ed
in accordance with the ;n~ention are monohydric poly-
~ ether alcohol~ ha~ing a molecular weight in the range
from 800 to 10,000 and preferably in the range from
30 1,000 to 5,000, which may be obtained by alkoxylation
of monofunctional starter molecule~, such as for example
methanol, ethanol, n-butanol or phenol, ethylene oxide
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or mixtures of ethylene oxide with other alkylene
oxides, such as in particular propylene ox;de, being
; used as the alkoxylating agent.
Where alkylene ox;de mixtures are used, however,
they contain at least 40 mol-% and preferably at least
65 mol-% ethylene oxide. The optional components d1 are
co-used to incorporate hydrophilic ethylene oxide units
incorporatd within polyether chains in the products ob-
tained by the process according to the invention.
According to the invention, component 2) consists
of primary and/or secondary monoamineC or of mixtures
of such monoamines with primary andlor secondary dia-
mines, The average aminofunctionality of component e)is between 1 and 1,9, preferably 1,7.
It is preferred to use mixtures of monoamines and
diamines of which the average aminofunctionality i~ be-
tween 1,1 and 1,9. Component e) is preferably used in
such a quantity that the equivalent ratio of NC0 groups
in the NC0 prepolymer to NC0-reactive amino groups is
between 1:1 and 2.5:1, more preferably between 1:1 and
1.5:1 and most preferably between 1.05:1 and 1.4:1,
while the equivalent ratio of NC0 groups in the NC0 pre-
polymer to the total quantity of isocyanate-reactive
' hydrogen atom~ in e) is between 0.5:1 and 0.98:1 and
more preferably between 0.6:1 and 0.9:1.
The expression "diamino compounds" or "diamines"
is also intended to encompass hydrazine and hydrazine
derivatives containing two isocyanate-reactive amino
groups. Suitable diamines are those having a molecular
weight in the range from 32 to 500 and preferably in the
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range from 60 to 300, such as for example ethylenedi-
amine, hexamethylenediamine, isophorondiamine, 2,4-dia-
minotoluene, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, N,N'-dime~hyl
ethylenediamine, 4,4'-diaminocyrlohexylmethane,
piperazine, 2,5-dimethyl piperazine, 1,4-diaminocyclo-
hexane, 1,2-diaminopropane, hydrazine (hydrate), dia-
minosulfonats~ of the type described in CA-PS ~28,323
or the sodium salt of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminopropionic
acid,
The express;on "monoamino compounds" or the expres-
sion "monoamine" is also intended to encompass ammonia.
Suitable monoamino compoundq are any organic compounds
containing a primary or secondary amino group or ammo-
nia. The molecular weight of the monoamino compounds is
in the range from 17 to 500 and preferably in the range
from 17 to 300, The monoamines may also contain other
isocyanate-reacti~e groups, particularly hydroxyl
groups. This means that aminoalcohols of the type al-
ready mentioned by way of example in the foregoing may
also be used inter alia as component e) or as part of
' component e). Typical examples of suitabl monosmino com-
: 25 pounds are ammonia, ethylamine, n-butylamine, di-n-
butylamine, N-methylethanolamine, diethanolamin2, 3-
amino-l-propanol, 2-(3-aminopropyl)-methylaminoethanol,
2-amino-2-hydroxymethylpropane-1,3-diol or N-methyl- or
-aminoacetic acid and salts thereof or ammonia.
; 30 Primary and/or secondary amino compounds of the
type containing other, but not aminic, isocyanate-re-
acti~e groups are particularly preferred. Examples of
; such compounds are ethanolamine, diethanolamine or 2-
amino-2-hydroxymethylpropane-1,3-diol.
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The aminic componen~s e) may al50 be used in
blocked form in the process, i.e. in the form of the
corresponding ketimine~ tDE-OS 2 725 589), ketazines
tDE-os 2 811 148, US-PS 4,269,748) or amine salts (~S-PS
4,292,226).
: Oxazolidines of the type u~ed, for example, in
10 accordance with DE-OS 2 732 131 or US-PS 4,192,937 are
also masked amines which may be used in the process
according to the invention, as in the cited publica-
tions, as chain-extending agents for the NCO prepoly-
mers. Where masked amines such a~ these are used, they
are generally mixed with the NCO prepolymer~ in the ab-
sence of water and the resulting mixture subsequently
mixed with the dispersion water or with part of the dis-
persion water, so that the corresponding amines are
intermediately released by hydrolysis.
The polyurethane on which the solutions and dis-
persions accord;ng to the invention are based contains
from 2 to 200 and preferably from 2 to 150 and more pre-
ferably from 5 to 100 milliequivalents carboxylate
andlor sulfonate groups per 100 g solids.
Ionic centers such as these are incorporated in
~nown manner by the co-use of componente containing
ionic groups ~carboxylate and/or sulfonate groups),
where compounds containing "potential" ionic groups of
: the type mentioned are used, the potential ionic groups
are at least partly converted into the corresponding
~ ionic groups before or during mixing of the polyurethane
-' with the water used to prepare the solution or disper-
sion, for example using tertiary amines, such as tri-
ethylamine for example, or inorganic bases, such as
sodium hydroxide for example.
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Anionic or "potentially" anionic components in-
clude, for example, the aliphatic diols containing 5ul-
- fonate groups according to DE-OS 2 446 440 or DE-OS
2 437 218, diols containing carboxylate groups or
carboxyl groups convertible into carboxylate groups
andlor diaminosulfona~es of the type described in CA-PS
928,323, such as for example the sodium salt of N-(2-
aminoethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, dimethyl pro-
pionic acid or salts thereof, for example the corres-
ponding triethyl ammonium salts or the sodium salt of
N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropionic acid, Depending on the
~ 15 nature of the isocyarate-reactive groups (hydroxyl or
: amino groups) and on the molecular weight of these
(potentially) anionic synthesis components, these syn-
thQsi~ components represent part of component b) t(po-
tentially) anionic polyhydroxyl compounds of components
c) ~(potentially) anionic low molecular weight poly-
hydroxyl compounds ] or components e) (mixture of mono-
amino and d;amine compound). In the preparation of the
polyurethanes, it is largely immaterial whether the
ionic groups are incorporated through the co-use of
~ 25 corresponding synthesis components b), c) andlor e).
; As already mentioned, the polyurethane on which the
adhesive according to the invention is based may op-
tionally contain up to 25% by weight and preferably up
to 15% by weight, based on solids, of ethylene oxide
units present in incorporated terminal andlor lateral
polyether chains.
- Compounds of the type in question may be prepared
by the methods according to US-PS 3,905,929 or US-PS
~ 4,190,566.
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Depending on their molecular weight, these hydrophilic
synthesis components may be assigned to group b) (mole-
cular weight at least 500) or c) tmolecular weight below
500).
In the preparation of the polyurethanes, the total
quantity of hydrophilic centers (anionic groups and op-
tionally terminal andlor lateral polyether chains con-
taining incorporated polyethylene oxide units) i~ alwaysgauged in such a way as to guarantee the solubility or
dispersibility of the polyurethanes in water. Although
possible in principle, it is preferred not to use ex-
ternal emulsifiers. Exsmples of emulsifiers which mayoptionally be co-used are ethoxylated nonylphenol, poly-
oxyethylene lauryl ether or polyoxyethylene laurate,
oleate or stearate, these additives generally containing
8 to 150 polyoxyethylene units per molecule. If such ex-
ternal emulsifiers are used, they may be added to the
polyurethanes or NCO prepolymers to be dispersed before
the dispersion step.
Solvent may optionally be used in the preparation
of the polyurethane. The solvents in question are pre-
ferably organic solvents, such as for example benzene,toluene, ethyl acetate, acetone, methylethylketone, di-
ethylether, tetrahydrofuran, methyl acetateJ aceto-
nitrile, chloroform, methylene chloride, carbon tetra-
;~ chloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane,
~' 30 tetrachloroethylene or N-methyl pyrrolidone. It i9 pre-
ferred to use water-miscible solvents, particularly ace-
` tone.
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The polyurethanes are prepared by the well-known
methods used for the preparation of aqueous polyurethane
dispersions or solutions. This means that either the
polyurethane molecule is synthesized at least partly in
the presence of water, so that an aqueous solution or
dispersion i5 directly obtained, or that the process
according to the invention is carried out in the absence
of water until the synthesis of the macromolecules is
over, after which the polyurethane is converted into an
aqueous solution or dispersion,
The preparation of the solutions and dispersions
according to the invention by the process according to
the in~ention is preferably carried out by one of the
following variants:
1. by the acetone process ~by analogy with the
`~ teaching of DE-OS 1 495 745 (US-PS 3,479,310) or DE-OS
20 1 495 847 (GB-PS 1,076,788)~;
2, another embodiment of the preparation of the
aqueous polyurethane dispersion corresponds to the
processes known from DE-OS 2 725 589, US-PS 4,269,748,
US-PS 4,192,937 or US-PS 4,292,226
(these processes for the preparation of the polyurethane
dispersion ~ay also be modified in accordance with the
teaching of US-PS 4,192,937 or in accordance with the
teaching of US-PS 4,929,226)~
3, basically, it is also possible to prepare aqueous
polyurethane solutions or dispersions of the type pre-
sent in the adhesives according to the invent;on by the
method according to US-PS 3,756,992, i.e. by the melt
dispersion process .
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In a particularly preferred embodiment, the poly-
urethane solutions or dispersions are prepared by the
; method mentioned above under 1. In the preparation of
the aqueous polyurethane dispersions or solutions, the
quantity of water used is gauged in such a way that 10
to 60% by weight and preferably 20 to 50% by weight
solutions or dispersions of the polyurethanes are ob-
tained, The usual auxiliaries and additives of ~he typedescribed, for example, in US-PS 3,479,310, column 8,
line 40, column 9, line 10, may be added to the solu-
tions or dispersions.
Polyisocyanate compounds containing at least two
free iaocyanate groups are preferably added to the solu-
t;ons and dispersions accord;ng to the invent;on before
; they are used. It is part;cularly preferred to use poly-
isocyanate compounds which can be emulsified in water,
such as for example the compounds described in EP
206 05~ and DE-05 3 112 117,
The polyisocyanate compounds are used in a quantity
r', ~5 of 0,1 to 20% by weight, preferably in a quantity of 0.5
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to 10% by weight and more preferably in a quantity of
1.5 to 6% by weight, based on solution or dispersion.
. An addition such as this provides for a considerable im-
provement in the heat resistancE of bonds formed with
the solutions and dispersions according to ths invsn-
tion.
~ 30 The adhesives according to the invention consisting
; essentially of the described polyurethane solutions or
dispersions and optionally containing additives of the
~`'A type mentioned by way of example are suitable for the
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bonding of any substrates such as, for example, paper,
; 5 cardboard, wood, metals or leather, but are particularly
suitable for the bonding of rubber msterials, plastics,
including polyurethane foams having a compact surface
and - providing the reaction mixtures for the prepa-
ration of the polyurethanes corresponds in its parti-
10cular compo~itions to DE-PS 1 256 822 - for the bonding
of plasticized homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl chlo-
ride, but above all for the bonding of soles of these
materials and shoe upper3 of leather and artificial
leather.
~ 15The adhesive according to the invention is applied
~ by the known methods of adhesives technology for apply-
ing aqueous dispersion or solution adhesives.
The invention is further illustrated by the fol-
. lowing examplss in which milliequivalent percent means
.~ 20 milliequivalents per 100 g solids,
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EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE 1
Reaction mixture:
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~10 360.0 g of a polyester of adipic acid and
- butanediol (OH value 50) (PE)
23.35 9 of hexamethylene diisocyanate (H)
' 15.3 9 of isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI)
¢, 800 9 of acetone
12.9 9 of sodium salt of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-
~- aminoethanesulfonic acid (45% in water)
(AAS salt)
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, 565 9 of water
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Method:
The polyester (PE) is dehydrated in vacuo at 120C,.,,.,~
for 30 minutes with stirring and then cooled to 80C.
, 25 After the addition of H and IPDI, stirring i9 continued
' at 80C until a constant isocyanate value of from 0.9
~i to 1.01% is reached. Acetone is 510wly added while the
temperature is kept at 50C. A solut;on of AAS salt and
, diethanolamine in 50 g water is stirred into the homo-
i 30 geneous acetone solution at 50C. After 7 minutes, the
reaction mixture is dispersed with water and the acetone
is then immediately distilled off.
A finely divided dispersion having a ~olids content
of 40.2% and a pH value of 7.9 is obtained. Mean par-
' 35 ticle size: 111 nm (laser correlation spectroscopy).
NCO:NH = 1,2; NCO:NHIOH = 0.8.
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COMPARISON EXAMPLE 2 a
Starting materials:
: 337,50 g of an adipic acid-tet.ramethylenediol
.~ polye~ster tOH number 50) (PE)
1.34 g of dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA)
1026.87 9 of 1,6-diisocyanatohexane (H)
17.76 9 of IPDI
800.00 9 of acetone
14.04 9 of sodium salt of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-
aminoethane sulphonic acid (45% in water)
(AAS salt)
0.78 9 of ethylene diamine ~ADA)
. 557.00 9 of water,
NCO/NH ratio for the chain lengthening reaction:
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~! 20 Method:
The polyester is dehydrated in a vacuum at 120 C
. for 30 minutes with stirring and cooled to 85 C. DMPA
'I~. i8 stirred in and H and IPDI are added after 5 minutes.
Stirring is continued at 85 C until the isocyanats value
. 25 remains constant at 1.58%. Acetone is slowly added while
the temperature is maintained at 50 C. The isocyanate
~i value of the acetonic solution is 0.47%. A solution of
"i~ AAS and ADA in 28 g of water is stirred into the homo-
geneous acetonic solution at 50 C. After 5 minutes,
30 the product is dispersed with water and the acetone is
then immediately distilled off.
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of 42.9%, a Ford cup vi5c05ity (4 mm nozzle) of 13.8
sec, and a pH of 5.5 i~ obtained.
COMPARISON EXAMPLE 2b
~' Starting material 5:
337.50 9 of an adipic acid-tetramethylenediol
polyester ~OH number 50) ~PE)
2.03 9 of dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA)
25.09 9 of 1,6-diisocyanatohexane (H)
16,54 9 of IPDI
~' 835,00 9 of acetone
1518.17 9 of the ~odium salt of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-
aminoethane sulphon;c acid ~45% in water)
(AAS salt)
-~ 1.58 9 of triethylamine (TEA)
619.00 9 of water
NCO/NH ratio: 1:0.33
; Method
The prepolymer i5 prepared as in Example 2a and
dissolved in acetone. The product i~ lengthened with AAS
at 50C and converted into a salt by reaction with TEA
after 5 minutes and then dispersed in water after a
, further 5 minutes. The acetone is distilled off imme-
diately thereafter. A finely divided diepersion having
a solid~ content of 41.7%, a Ford*cup viscocity (4 mm
- nozzle) of 20.8 sec and a pH of 6 i9 obtained.
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COMPARISON EXAMPLE 2 c
Starting materials:
337.50 g of an adipiL acid~tetramethylenediol
polyester (OH number 50) ~E)
1.34 g of dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA)
36,29 g of 1,6-diisocyanatohexane (H)
105,33 9 of IPDI
~00.00 g of acetone
19.00 9 of the sodium salt of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-
aminoethane sulphonic acid (45% in water)
(AAS salt)
150,50 9 of ethylenediamine ~ADA)
580.00 9 of water
NCOINH ratio: 1:0.8
Method
See Example 2 a
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!" of 45.7%, a Ford cup viscosity (4 mm nozzle) of 22.3%
~' and a pH of 6 is obtained.
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- COMPARISON EXAMPLE 2d
` Starting materials:
1 25337.50 g of an adipic acid-tetramethylenediol
- polyester (OH number 50) ~PE)
- 1.34 9 of dimethylolpropionic acid (DMPA)
~:~ 4.03 g of hexamethylenediisocyanate ~H)
47.95 9 of IPDI
30800.00 g of acetone
-' 13.17 g of the sodium salt of N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-
;-, aminoethane sulphonic acid (45% in water)
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0.36 9 of ethylenediamine (ADA)
35540.00 9 of water
- NCOINH ratio: 1:0,8
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See Example 2 a
A finsl~ divided dispersion having a solids content
~; of 41%, a Ford cup viscosity (4 mm nozzle) of 12.4 sec
and a pH of 6 ;s obtained.
Bonds were formed using the dispersions described
'? above. The material bonded was a 4 mm thick transparent
~6 PVC material containing 30% dioctylphthalate as plasti-
`~ cizer. Before the dispersion was applied, the surface
to be bonded were rubbed thoroughly with No. 40 abrasive
tape. After the materials had been freed from abrasion
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dust, they were coated with a 0.1 mm thick layer of
adhesive and left to air for about 30 minutes at room
- temperature.
Determination of the activation temDerature
To deter~ine the activation temperature, 1 cm wide
ample strips were stored at the desired temperature in
a drying carbinet. After the periods of time shown in
Table 1, two adhesive strips were placed together under
light finger pressure to form an overlapping ares of 1
x 1 cm. A bond was Judged to be satisfactory when coa-
lescence between the two surfaces occurred over thewhole area under these conditions and the bond could
only be separated by clear application of force imme-
diately after it had been formed. The temperature re-
- 30 quired for this purpose are shown in Table 1.
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2a 45 50 70-75 >90
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2c 40 55 70-75 >90
2d 45 50 70 ~90
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''f''' ' An adhesive mixture was prepared by stirr;ng 3 g
of emulsifiable isocyanate (KA 8365, Bayer AG) into
i. 100 g of the dispersion according to Example 1.
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2,5 cm wide strip~ of the flexible PVC mentioned
above were coated w;th a 0.1 mm thick layer of adhesive
obtained from the dispersion of Example 1 and the adhe-
sive mixture of Example 3.
After stirring for 5 hours, the adhesive surfaces
~Examples 1 and 3) were heated to a temperature of 50C
by radiant heat in 4 seconds, The adhesive strips were
then placed together to form an overlapping area of 2.5
x 2.5 cm. The test specimens were then pressed together
for 10 seconds under a pressure of 0.4 mPa.
To de~ermine heat resistance, the test specimens
- were subjected to a shearing test after storage for 3
days at room temperature. In this shearing test, the
- samples are placed under a load of 11 kg. After condi-
- tioning for 20 minutes at 40C, the temperature at which
the bond fails i5 determined by raising the temperature
by 0.25C per minute. The following temperature3 were
` reached:
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